If my math is right you were in 7th grade when he was a senior. I'm older than you but didn't start following Michigan athletics until I decided to enroll at UM in the spring of 2000. I have zero M-related Brady memories.

I remember cringing a lot, and the fmr women's bball player from the 70s yelling, "Ppppuuuttt in Hensonnnnn!" while all the wives around us nodded in agreement. I remember the drunk at the end of the row refusing to refer to Drew Henson as anything but, "the MESSIAH" and he would ask our row to genuflect every time he came on the field. Bill Freehan would just look away. Good times in section 2! Yes section 2 knew far better than Lloyd that Henson was the man compared to Brady /s

Always a nice guy and a great student. He had a nice arm. He was the least mobile QB we have ever had. Watching him run was sheer pain. John Navarre could easily destroy him in a running race. In Brady's last game at the big house against Ohio, a huge hole opened up on a play and all the receivers were covered. So Brady took off running in what was probably the most painful 14 yard run I've ever witnessed.

Another great memory of him I have is against Penn State in Happy Valley (Jerry Sandusky's final game) where Lloyd called the transcontinental pass which he always did once a year. But he knew Brady wasn't fast enough to get anything on it so he did a fake injury and had Henson come in to take the pass from Diaolo Johnson. Brady's fake limp to the sideline wasn't caught on camera but all the players on the sideline laughed at how bad it looked.

He made me want to pull my hair out at times during the 98 season but he improved as the season went on. When he knew he would have to compete with Drew Henson to be the starter in 99, he stayed in Ann Arbor all Summer to train and work his ass off instead of going home to California. He was known as the comeback king in 99 leading us to second half comebacks against Notre Dame, Indiana, Penn State and Ohio State. Oh, and that little Orange Bowl game against Bama where we were down by 2 touchdowns twice.

In person, I only saw 2 of his games. 98-Eastern Michigan and 99-Northwestern. That second game was great. Brady threw a touchdown pass to Marcus Knight that was literally right in front of me.

I didn't know much about the NFL in those days so I thought his lack of mobility might keep him from ever succeeding in it. Good call there.

I was at the Penn State game in Happy Valley with my wife. Even though we got down 10 in the fourth quarter, PSU knew that there was too much time left. They could not defend Brady's passing. Michigan marched down the field and scored late on a TD pass for the win.

My wife knows who Tom Brady is because of the TV and People Magazine level of fame. I remind her now and then: "Do you realize you saw him play in person before he was famous at that '99 game at Penn State? That is who the Michigan quarterback was." She is very pleased by this.